Cops: Gunman kills 1, fires on police, no officers hurt

Chicago police on the scene of a shooting where a gunman fatally shot a man before opening fire on officers.

Chicago police on the scene of a shooting where a gunman fatally shot a man before opening fire on officers. (WGN-TV)

Staff report

A gunman fatally shot a man before opening fire on Chicago police officers Wednesday night in the Woodlawn community on the South Side, authorities said.

The gunman was wounded during the exchange and arrested, police said. No officers were injured in the incident, which occurred around 11:30 p.m. near East 63rd Street and South Martin Luther King Drive, police said.

The Grand Crossing District officers had witnessed the gunman firing at a 19-year-old, police said, citing preliminary details. The shooter then shot at the officers and they returned fire, police said.

The 19-year-old, Tony Dunn, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead from a wound to the back, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. An autopsy is scheduled for later today.

Officers scoured the area in search of the shooter and eventually arrested a man with a gunshot wound to the leg, police said. The man was taken to a hospital and no charges had been filed.